UNLABELLED The purpose of this study was to reveal the bone scan abnormalities in children with leukemia and to show the value of whole-body scanning in early and delayed phases. METHODS From a database of all patients with a diagnosis of leukemia from January 1990 to April 2000, 12 children (9 male, 3 female; mean age, 8.0 y; age range, 4.7--13.2 y) were identified for whom the diagnosis of ...

BACKGROUND Several strategies to reduce construct stiffness have been proposed to promote secondary bone healing following fracture fixation with locked bridge plating constructs. However, stiffness reduction is typically gained at the cost of construct strength. In the present study, we tested whether a novel strategy for stiffness reduction, termed far cortical locking, can significantly redu...

Relatively little is known about the bone health of ethnic groups within the UK and data are largely restricted to women. The aim of this study was to investigate ethnic differences in areal bone mineral density (aBMD), volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD), bone geometry and strength in UK men. White European, Black Afro-Caribbean and South Asian men aged over 40years were recruited from Grea...

BACKGROUND Maternal zinc deficiency is relatively common in developing countries, but its consequences for fetal growth are not established. OBJECTIVE The goal was to examine whether improvement in maternal gestational zinc status is positively associated with fetal growth as assessed by ultrasonography. DESIGN We conducted a double-masked, randomized trial among 242 pregnant Peruvian women...

Sivrioglu AK, et al. BMJ Case Rep 2017. doi:10.1136/bcr-2017-220293 DESCRIPTION A 49-year-old-man presented to orthopaedics clinic with complaint of recently growing thigh pain. He had a history of oral and inhaler forms of steroid usage for asthma and allergy on his background. X-ray examination of the left femur showed medullary lytic lesions localised in distal diaphysis– metaphysis causing ...

Prevention of osteoporosis is essential to health, quality of life, and independence in the elderly. The accepted diagnostic method for evaluation of fracture risk after osteopenia and osteoporosis is the measurement of bone mineral density with dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). This method is limited because of its low accessibility, high capital costs, and low sensitivity. This study e...

BACKGROUND Infected nonunion of the humeral diaphysis is a challenging problem for orthopedic surgeons. This study aimed to evaluate the outcome of using a locking compression plate (LCP) as a definitive external fixator in the management of infected nonunion of the humeral diaphysis after failure of internal fixation. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed a series of seven patients with infect...

Objective: In this study, we aimed to evaluate the radiological and functional results of titanium elastic nail (TEN), which was used as a surgical method in pediatric long bone diaphyseal fractures between 5-15 years age, by comparing it with clinical features patient fracture.Methods: 44 patients (11 girls, 33 boys) aged (mean 9.86 ±2.84) were included. The patient, family satisfaction, evalu...